Hanger for windows and screens.



F. E. REED. HANGER FOR WINDOWS AND SCREENS.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT.18, 1911.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

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FRANK E. REED, 0F NORTHFIELD, VERMONT.

HANGER FOR WINDOWS AND SCREENS.

earner.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

Application filed September '18, 19-11. Serial No. 649,991.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK E. REED, a citizen of the United States, residing at N orthfield, in the county of Washington and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Hanger for Windows and Screens, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for holding and locking storm windows or screens in place. I

The invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter described, pointed out in the claim, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure l is an elevation showing one-half of a storm window and with the locking means applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a storm window frame with the holding and locking device thereon. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail perspective views of the cooperating members of the holding and locking device. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1 illustrating insection a supplemental fastening device.

In these drawings, 1 represents the casing of an ordinary window to the exterior of which is to be secured a sash 2 of a storm window, said window being upon the outside of the ordinary house windows 3. The sash 2 may be employed as a storm window for winter use, being provided with glass or for summer use the sash 2 may be provided with any suitable form of screen.

The invention resides in the means for se- This locking means consists of a plate 4,

which is secured to the casing 1 and which carries an outwardly extending vertical flange 5, which is slotted from the top as shown at 6, said slot extending downwardly and inwardly. A plate 7 is secured to the side of the sash 2 and is provided upon its rear edge with an obliquely arranged flange 8, adapted to enter the slot 6 of the flange 5. Two plates 4 and two plates 7 are used upon each side of the window and it will be obvious that as the flanges 8 are moved downwardly in the slot 6 the sash 2 will be drawn tight against the casing 1 and firmly held there by the wedging action of the flanges 8 in the slots 6. In order to prevent lifting of the sash 2 from the outside, or by unauthorized persons from the inside I further secure the same by means of anangled plate 9, which is secured by screws to the inside of the frame 2 and also to the sill 10 of the casing 1.

What I claim is:

The combination with a window casin and a sash, of a plate secured to the casing and having a Vertical outwardly extending flange, said flange being provided with a wedge shaped slot extending downwardly and inwardly, a plate secured upon the sash and having a laterally extending flange, said flange being set at an angle with respect to the sash equal to the angle between sald slot and the casing, the flat side of said i flange adapted tocoact with the outer wall of said slot with a wedging action.

FRANK E. REED.

Witnesses FREDERICK WALLACE, ROBERT P. MCKEOGH. 

